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Kayak/canoe instructor course at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park May 16-19

The Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network is hosting an American Canoe Association L1 Kayak and L1 Canoe Instructor Course. If you have the desire to teach young people safe and proper techniques in kayaking or canoeing then this course is for you. This course is extremely hands on and requires entering and exiting a kayak or canoe unassissted after a capsize. After the successful completion of this course you will have access to borrow FYCCN boats and equipment for your...

Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance announces spring eco adventures

The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) of Northwest Florida State College announces the spring 2016 session of its award winning eco-tourism initiative, Discover Roads Less Traveled: Eco-Adventures of Walton County. Led by local experts and professional naturalists, Discover Roads Less Traveled offers visitors and local residents opportunities to explore, discover and experience the diverse natural resources that make Walton County so unique. The eco-adventure schedule offers a range of activities for both tourists and locals alike. For more information about the...

Take a paddle down Boiling Creek and Yellow River

Enjoy abundant flora while paddling down Boiling creek Located off of Hwy. 87, south of Milton and north of Navarre, Boiling Creek is lined with towering old-growth cypress trees, and an abundance of flora, including water lilies, pitcher plants, and spatterdocks. The water is clear, and colorful underwater grasses rippling below can be easily viewed as you meander down the seepage spring creek. Boiling Creek is approximately 25 feet wide for most of the paddle, and common sights are turtles,...

Guided kayak tour of Western Lake every Wednesday in Oct.

Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m. The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA), in partnership with Northwest Florida State College, is offering the fall season of their popular eco-tourism initiative, Eco Adventures of Walton County. Explore a coastal dune lake of South Walton County. This kayak tour will take you around Western Lake, one of the larger lakes of the coastal dune lake systems. Experience the diversity of wildlife and habitats that define these unique lake systems. This tour is led by the...